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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums7wo7rees has passed away
She was my wife of 20 years. She was a muckraker and finger-pointer, a community first activist.
She and I found DU from Bartcop just after 9/11 when we all turned to the internet to find answers. She clutched it deep in her bosom and befriended many of you. DU was her first and last stop online everyday.
She was found not breathing this weekend after a wellness check by a mutual friend. Her alcohol addiction consumed her. No attempts to snuff the daily rituals to beat back demons bigger than the both of us would prevail. She was 65.
She posted and was tombstoned here as Anarchy1999 and Stands With A Fist and a few others. I am confident she was reading DU on her last day.
I love her and I miss her and I know she has found comfort, finally. She really loved you guys. Please remember well 7wo7rees.

Cha
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judesedit
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róisín_dubh
(11,981 posts)Alcoholism is a hell of a beast. I hope she finds peace in the Great Beyond and my condolences to you.
electric_blue68
(20,872 posts)as someone who loves trees.
Ah, geeeebz. So sorry. 😔
blogslug
(38,784 posts)May you find peace ❤️
Blue Owl
(55,909 posts)She will be missed, and condolences to you DJ Porkchop
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canetoad
(18,917 posts)Sending good wishes and support.
Rhiannon12866
(232,375 posts)As for her alcohol addiction, I am especially sorry, speaking as a member of AA since 2008. She will be truly missed here.
TexasTowelie
(120,161 posts)We interacted occasionally and I'll miss her voice on DU.
Cadfael
(1,342 posts)
sinkingfeeling
(55,063 posts)nolabear
(43,661 posts)I hope she found some happiness here. Shell be missed.
virgdem
(2,252 posts)May her memory be a blessing.💔
Grumpy Old Guy
(3,751 posts)sakabatou
(44,572 posts)Duncanpup
(14,295 posts)LoisB
(10,146 posts)but it will welcome her in peace.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)Nevilledog
(54,040 posts)We will remember her well.
alwaysinasnit
(5,390 posts)

elleng
(139,197 posts)BlueWaveNeverEnd
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KS Toronado
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a kennedy
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cate94
(2,950 posts)
Duppers
(28,321 posts)She was one of my favorite DUers. I always have her posts a recommendation when I saw them.
Sending my deepest condolences to you. She will be missed here.
niyad
(123,241 posts)comfort for you and all who loved her. Your DU family is here for you.
Rest quiet at last, dear one. You are missed.
No Vested Interest
(5,232 posts)Response to DJ Porkchop (Original post)
No Vested Interest This message was self-deleted by its author.
The_REAL_Ecumenist
(905 posts)my pswrd for my original acct after fighting and surviving cancer). I LOVED her and please accept my deepest heartfelt condolences for her passing. Once your heart heals, may her memory soon be a source of blessings, peace and smiles. Blessings, DJ Porkchop & safe & healing journey home, 7wo7rees...
malaise
(283,045 posts)
DFW
(57,757 posts)It didn't work out due to medical issues on my end, plus scheduling difficulties added on top of it. She was a gentle, yet feisty soul. I hope she has found the peace she was looking for.
Here are the four of us, from our first meet-up in Dallas a couple of years ago: DJ, 7wo7rees, me and my wife:
Happier times........
She treasured you, like so many others on this thread. It really was an important part of her life. Thank you all for your kind words.
Treasure those around you and online. We are real people with real feelings. Love to all.
hlthe2b
(109,152 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(153,513 posts)especially her beloved husband.
I am in shock.
May she rest in peace.
highplainsdem
(55,446 posts)spooky3
(37,345 posts)MuseRider
(34,576 posts)to read this. May she rest in peace. It is a horrible disease and I am sorry it has taken her. Come here often if you are lonely. We will help you through it. Again, I am so terribly sorry.
progressoid
(51,266 posts)
vercetti2021
(10,443 posts)
IrishAfricanAmerican
(4,231 posts)
littlemissmartypants
(27,183 posts)
murielm99
(31,838 posts)We interacted a few times. She will be remembered here and missed.
pazzyanne
(6,668 posts)May she have had a gentle passing.
I will miss her posts and comments.
Take good care of yourself during your time of grief.
Hugs and Prayer!
Hekate
(97,255 posts)


🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸
orleans
(35,904 posts)wishing you peace and strength for your heart and spirit
7wo7rees will be missed.
SWBTATTReg
(25,172 posts)raccoon
(31,766 posts)lostnfound
(16,918 posts)We are sorry for your loss.
markie
(23,308 posts)

Ohio Joe
(21,894 posts)
hlthe2b
(109,152 posts)

dawn5651
(698 posts)Mousetoescamper
(6,138 posts)Condolences.
AllyCat
(17,801 posts)Celerity
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tavernier
(13,631 posts)losing a family member.
AmBlue
(3,452 posts)And send my sincere condolences.to you. May she rest in peace.
Marthe48
(20,451 posts)Thank you for letting us know she passed away.
R.I.P.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)How lovely to hear what this community and her special friends here meant to her.
Stay well
Hope22
(3,904 posts)Im so sorry to hear this. Bartcop brought so many of us together. I hold you and yours in my heart. This is a tough world and a hard place to live. May 7wo7rees find peace. My heart goes out to you. 💗💗🙏💐
GPV
(73,273 posts)ms liberty
(10,145 posts)
Wingus Dingus
(8,943 posts)70sEraVet
(4,448 posts)malaise
(283,045 posts)Deepest sympathy to her family and friends. She had some great posts here.
highplainsdem
(55,446 posts)She will be missed here.
I've lost a couple of friends to alcohol addiction. Both bright, creative people who should have lived much longer. But it can be as deadly an addiction as any other.
Like you, I believe she has found comfort, and healing.
OneGrassRoot
(23,702 posts)I am deeply saddened to see this post, and I extend my sincere condolences to you and all who love her. I will miss her more than I can express. There are only a handful of DUers (now) with whom I feel a true connection, and she was one. What a loss for us all though, like you, I'm relieved for her.
malaise
(283,045 posts)One week ago
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=17915796
I will miss her
BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)I'm glad you left the link. Way too sad, she will be missed.
progressoid
(51,266 posts)Goddessartist
(2,067 posts)Now she's free of her demons. Sending you love.
BeerBarrelPolka
(1,519 posts)I am so very sorry for your loss.
cachukis
(3,091 posts)GoCubsGo
(33,724 posts)I'm sure she and Bartcop are having a huge meet-up in the next life right now. (I found DU through him, as well.)
SpamWyzer
(385 posts)I guess one should find comfort in the end of suffering. It is hard. Rest in Peace 7wo 7rees. I am sorry for your loss DJ Porkchop.
BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)Life can be tough, I truly hope she knew she was loved.
My sincere condolences to you, sir.
Maeve
(43,203 posts)Know that she will be remembered by many and here in the heart of DU
spanone
(138,761 posts)
Liberal In Texas
(15,106 posts)Backseat Driver
(4,671 posts)
boston bean
(36,765 posts)OAITW r.2.0
(29,983 posts)edisdead
(3,359 posts)PCIntern
(27,268 posts)May her memory always be for a blessing.
mahatmakanejeeves
(64,332 posts)FakeNoose
(37,161 posts)
May you find solace in your memories of her from happier times.



Kid Berwyn
(19,979 posts)Sherry never spoke a word about her own troubles. Instead, she wanted to learn what was wrong in others lives and with our country and politics. Then, she did all she could to help.
Please accept my sincere condolences and deepest sympathies, my Friend. Please let me know if I can be of help in any way.
DU will never be the same. Neither will our lives and hearts.
malaise
(283,045 posts)Sherry was a great DUer
Kid Berwyn
(19,979 posts)She stood up to the bastards in Dealey Plaza, in person.
ChazInAz
(2,886 posts)After thirty three years, my Irish love was taken from me by C-diff and pneumonia at the age of fifty-four. I found her body.
Your pain is recognized and shared. May you find peace.
kentuck
(113,515 posts)She was one of our best.
Chautauquas
(4,476 posts)I am sorry you lost a loved one.
XanaDUer2
(15,726 posts)sheshe2
(91,373 posts)May 7wo7rees rest peacefully. 💙💙💙
sellitman
(11,703 posts)My deepest sympathies.
UpInArms
(52,599 posts)You were loved by me and many more
You will be missed
bigtree
(91,771 posts)...I will remember her as a very dear and engaging friend.
Aristus
(69,671 posts)
Bettie
(18,163 posts)for your loss.
roamer65
(37,551 posts)

brer cat
(26,899 posts)She will be missed on DU. I hope she is at peace.
UTUSN
(73,859 posts)yardwork
(66,221 posts)c-rational
(3,016 posts)Rest well 7wo7rees.
KT2000
(21,352 posts)I will remember her and wish her peace.
Donkees
(32,770 posts)
May it be beautiful before me.
May it be beautiful behind me.
May it be beautiful below me.
May it be beautiful above me.
May it be beautiful all around me.
Above and below me hovers the beautiful
I am surrounded by it
I am immersed in it
The mountains, I become part of it
The herbs, the fir tree, I become part of it.
The morning mists, the clouds, the gathering waters,
I become part of it.
The wilderness, the dew drops, the pollen
I become part of it.
From the doorway of rainbow,
The path out of which is the rainbow,
The rainbow passed out with me,
The rainbow rose up with me.
Through the middle of broad fields,
The rainbow returned with me
With the rainbow hanging high over your head, come to us soaring.
With beauty before me
With beauty behind me
With beauty above me
With beauty below me
With beauty all around me
It is finished in beauty.
It is finished in beauty.
'Sa'ah naaghéi, Bik'eh hózhó
The Night Chant
easttexaslefty
(1,554 posts)From the start of the iraq invasion & from camp cassey. She was a firebrand. I am sorry for your loss.
onecaliberal
(36,594 posts)

Tom_Foolery
(4,717 posts)I have been here since 2004 and remember reading many of her posts.
CaptainTruth
(7,549 posts)Too young.
TdeV
(160 posts)Wishing you peace.
Demsrule86
(71,132 posts)
area51
(12,282 posts)
world wide wally
(21,836 posts)mac56
(17,703 posts)irisblue
(34,877 posts)H2O Man
(76,637 posts)Baltimike
(4,441 posts)Rest easy
Wild blueberry
(7,575 posts)and may you find comfort. In time the memories of good times shared will come. Please take care of yourself just now.
A feisty light has gone out. We will miss her.
Deep condolences.
Sogo
(6,196 posts)
Takket
(22,937 posts)
Permanut
(6,968 posts)We will all miss her.
Stinky The Clown
(68,562 posts)Deepest condolences . . . . . and thank you for sharing that glimpse of her journey.
Niagara
(10,497 posts)This is devastating to read. Rest In Peace, 7wo7rees.
CaliforniaPeggy
(153,513 posts)The shock of this huge loss is so all-consuming. Please take care of yourself!
She always had good things to say to me. I will miss her.
haele
(14,127 posts)Her posts were often thought provoking and always interesting. Alcohol is a cruel mistress.
Haele
mvd
(65,614 posts)May she rest in peace.
WheelWalker
(9,318 posts)MiHale
(11,534 posts)
DJ Porkchop
(635 posts)I am consoled by all your kind wishes and warm support.
She would be tickled to see this thread at the top of the Greatest. DU meant everything to her.
It's really no surprise she had so many friends here. Y'all are the Greatest.
malaise
(283,045 posts)Always read her posts
mahina
(19,694 posts)Peace to her. Best luck with all. Aloha.
diva77
(7,880 posts)


Faux pas
(15,613 posts)too all who knew and loved her.
TheBlackAdder
(29,456 posts)kimbutgar
(24,850 posts)Hang in there!
live love laugh
(15,174 posts)Withywindle
(9,988 posts)Thank you for taking the time to let us know, in your grief. Easy passing to her, and may you find comfort.
democrank
(11,416 posts)Wishing you peace
Pacifist Patriot
(24,966 posts)
flying_wahini
(8,054 posts)pandr32
(12,854 posts)I hope you have plenty of good memories to keep her spirit alive in your heart.
Jarqui
(10,624 posts)More progressing that way
It doesn't get any easier.
I'm so sorry for your loss.
Tree Lady
(12,357 posts)


Behind the Aegis
(55,260 posts)I am very sorry for your loss. I sincerely hope you have a support system which will help you through this difficult time.
ancianita
(40,292 posts)For everything marriage brings to life, I hope your good memories together help bring you healing and peace.
I love 7wo7rees, and felt that she loved DU. She's been #1 on my hearts list for years. I will remember her well, DJ, and miss her presence.
mike_c
(36,525 posts)Wishing you peace and healing.
Fla Dem
(26,510 posts)


treestar
(82,383 posts)my condolences.
creeksneakers2
(7,639 posts)dalton99a
(88,208 posts)mountain grammy
(27,702 posts)She was a favorite of mine. Peace to you DJ.
lucca18
(1,384 posts)I am so sorry for your pain.💔
Please take care
Pathwalker
(6,603 posts)to you and yours. I enjoyed her posts and will miss them.
orangecrush
(24,200 posts)I am on my way to an AA meeting as I read this.
I loved her posts.

Raine
(30,757 posts)

R-I-P 7wo7rees

KY_EnviroGuy
(14,683 posts)"No attempts to snuff the daily rituals to beat back demons bigger than the both of us would prevail" reads like a page out of my history in the 80s. It was a miracle I survived.
Thank you for sharing and for your tireless love for her.
KY........ ......
Peacetrain
(23,870 posts)Our deepest sympathies..
LuvLoogie
(7,964 posts)My condolences to you, DJ.
LuckyCharms
(19,941 posts)I'm so sorry for your loss.
Bristlecone
(10,678 posts)Ocelot II
(124,255 posts)I always enjoyed her posts.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)can help you shoulder this burden.
Best of luck.
Just_Vote_Dem
(3,272 posts)
greatauntoftriplets
(177,496 posts)